“No one wants to spend thousands of dollars for a year in a university…”

The end of this statement was what entertained me so hugely when I first read the paper that contained it; but in view of recent news from UCal Davis, I begin to think I have a new and necessary word in my vocabulary:

“No one wants to spend thousands of dollars for a year in a university just to transfer because the school becomes loatheworthy.”

I don’t remember the original context of this sentence. I have given essay assignments using news clippings about various university stupidities, inequities, blind spots, skewed priorities, and complacencies, but none that would have necessitated such a coinage. I never assigned anything on Kent State.

Well, once the word was coined, I’m afraid it was just a matter of time before the word would come in handy.

UB strike
An archive of the events, documents, and correspondence of the faculty strike at the University of Bridgeport 1990-1992, the longest strike in academic history. If you don’t know this story, you should!

UB strike
An archive of the events, documents, and correspondence of the faculty strike at the University of Bridgeport 1990-1992, the longest strike in academic history. If you don’t know this story, you should!